Hernan Orlando Tolosa (43) I was walking down the street with a “freedom insurance”: He always carried a significant amount of bills with him because he knew that in the face of routine control the money could thwart his arrest and thus be able to continue his life in hiding.
“Damascus”, as it is known, He had an arrest warrant since June 2019 in the framework of a case for drug trafficking and money laundering. He had been a fugitive for more than four and a half yearsbut it was not hidden nor had it changed its physiognomy.
This Tuesday, December 23, while driving a truck White Toyota Hilux Accompanied by his son, he unexpectedly ran into a police checkpoint that was on the trail of a small band that had defrauded a 91 year old woman in the town of Centenoabout 130 kilometers from the city of Santa Fe.
Hernán Tolosa, a few years ago, on his daughter’s birthday.
Tolosa tried to evade the checkpoint that was on the route 42s But his reaction caught the attention of the police officers. 8th police stationwho automatically followed his steps.
The fugitive’s truck traveled just over fourteen kilometers at full speed until in desperation to escape the driver made a bad maneuver and the vehicle ended up in a ditch.
According to sources, both the driver and his son were unharmed. Seeing itself surrounded and with no chance of escape, Damascus played his last card: He offered the police 20 million pesos in exchange for his freedom. Seconds before, he told them about his situation: he said that he had an arrest warrant from federal justice and that for that reason he had evaded control.
The Toyota Hilux truck was intercepted on route 42s, near the town of Centeno (Photo: Diario El Litoral)
However, The bribe nor his pleas changed the position of the troops, who reported their arrest for attack and resistance to authority, and passed on their data. Shortly afterward they confirmed that Tolosa had not lied to them: the Federal Court No. 3 of Rosarioin charge of Carlos Vera Barrosrequested his national capture.
According to the spokespersons, The detainee would be a historic drug supplier which curiously distributed it in near the cemeteries of Las Parejas, Armstrong and Las Rosas.
Inside his truck, as revealed by the newspaper El Litoral de Santa Fethey found a bag with cocaine and a compressed air rifle with whom it is believed he had gone hunting with his son.
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